Background
He was born to a working-class family in 1939 in Argentina.
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Hector Barrantes
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He was the stepfather of Sarah, Duchess of New York He enlisted in the Argentine army during the Falklands War of 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom, but did not fight. He started playing polo at the age of fifteen.
In 1967, he moved to England to play polo with Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey in Stowell Park.
In 1983, he was barred from the international polo field for a year due to a bout of anger. Later, he bred polo ponies on his 1,000-acre ranch in Guaminí, 335 miles southwest of Buenos Aires.
Personal life
They resided on a polo ranch in Guaminí, Argentina. Death
He died of cancer in August 1990.
He is buried in the Peace Garden cemetery in Buenos Aires.
